Seafood Gumbo

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2 cups flour

2 cups vegetable oil

1 cup diced white onions

1/2 cup diced celery

1 cup diced green bell pepper

4 cloves garlic, minced

2 tablespoons peanut oil

6 plum tomatoes, peeled, seeded and diced

3 bay leaves

1 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1/2 teaspoon onion powder

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

1 teaspoon crushed dried thyme

1 teaspoon paprika

1 teaspoon celery seeds

1 pound andouille sausage

2 quarts chicken stock

2 dozen raw shrimp, shells off, tails on

2 dozen cooked crawfish tails, 6 crawfish reserved, for garnish

1/2 pound lump crab meat

2 dozen oysters, shucked

Salt and black pepper, to taste

Hot pepper sauce and file powder, to taste for individual servings